ROLLER DERBY!!!

[xdelicatexdecay]

so i have decided to bite the bullet and attend the next fresh meat orientation for the OC Roller Girls! i have talked about wanting to join Roller Derby for over a year and i could never find anyone that ever had any info, but i have sought it out myself and i am ready to do this! going to wumpskate monday only further fueled me to do this, i love

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[starswillfall]

There’s no rule about where you need to live to be a Derby Doll. We have girls who come from Irvine to skate! It is true, banked track is faster-paced and tons of fun…it is also harder in terms of controlling your footwork and your skates because we pick up a ton of speed and the bank changes the dynamics of how you move. Unfortunately, I think we’re putting Fresh Meat orientations on hold until next tryouts because we’re so full and the new skaters…well, some of them are WAY nooby. It is scary.

My advice to you because I’ve been through both flat track AND banked track fresh meat practices before, is to build your endurance. Do a lot of sprint/jog/sprint/jog type things. Sprint full force for two minutes (YOUR jams on flat track are two minutes long, ours are one), then rest thirty seconds. Do lunges, crunches, tons of jumps/plyometrics. That will prepare you. We do jump in skating drills, and we do falling drills where you need leg strength to fall and get up right away using one leg.

Also, dude, next time you see me and you know who I am, SAY HELLO WTFWTFWTF.

[xdelicatexdecay]

thank you for all of the GREAT advice. i know that it is going to help me so much. where were you when i wanted to do this a year ago? lol

i actually was right in front of you and there was talk of the cookies at Wump. i didnt want to be like "oh hi's i knows you from zee interweb, nice to meetz yew!!!" it is odd because i dont even remember what made me add your journal forever ago and then i found out you knew rose, so i didnt want you to think i was some weird stalker chick. i mean i am a weird stalker chick, but not in this instance... yet :)

[starswillfall]

Hahaha well I can understand that. There's so much more I can tell you, really. It's a very deep, complex experience as a Doll, but I'm sure equally consuming as an OC Rollergirl. They come to our games and practices often. When you get "track cleared" (basically you'll take a WTFDA skills test), let me know and I'll give you info so you can pop in on one of our Fresh Meat practices. Girls like B-Train and Brik Wall come a lot to get their skills up for All Star games...it's really fun! And if you ever want to just hit the roller rink and skate, I'm almost always up for it. We can even skate in the same building and never talk. ;p

[starswillfall]

P.S. I mean WFTDA. Der.

[xdelicatexdecay]

ooooh.... how do you know i have not been there all along, silently watching... @_@

er, i mean, yes! i would love that.